Improvement in stock-cars



sheets-sheen. J'. R. MCPHERSON.

STOCK-CAP.

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STOCK-CAR N0 178,793 Patented JunelS, 1876.

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l'nvrPRovEMENT 51N STOCK-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,793, dated June 13, v1876; vapplication'filed Y February 9, 1876.

Be it known that I, vJ OIIN B. MCPHERSON,

fof J erseyCity, .in the county ot' Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars and I do hereby declare that thejfollowi'ng is' a full, clear, .and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference -being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference; marked thereon, which form a part of this' 2. quiredbeing that specification- Figure l being an inside elevation -of onev4 side of the car, showing the-doors for admit-Q ting the stock, va pipe a for conducting the water to a distributing-.pipe running along the inside thereof, thewoscillating ortilting water-trough, and, `at the point where the part is broken away, the feed-reservoirs with- Fig. 2 is a cross sectioin; showin g-theieed-reservoirs and water-troughs, as applied to -a double-deck car. Fig.,3 is. ai cross-section on line x x of Fig. 1sh'owing` the vhinged bottoms lof the vfeed-.reservoir in'f represented in full lines, .and as? to allow the contents to fallinto the troughs, in 'dotted lines-the troughs being shown in position forretai'ning the food or drink. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the .out side of the car, showing the .arrangement of in the framing.

position, as

the-doors and the means of Ventilating the car; and Fig. 5 isa cross-section through the doors.

Corresponding letters denote like parts in" the several' iigures.

' This invention relates to cars which are designed more particularly forv the transportation of live-stock upon railroads, but w-hich, wh en n ot thus employed, are welladapted to the carriage of various other ,kinds of freight; and it consists in providing such cars with reser- -Lvoirs forth-e reception and transportation of food, such receptacles being so arranged that their con tents can readily be emptied into 'the ptroughs,to which water is supplied for watering the stock, or into otherA receptacles similarly tain combinations, scribed hereinafter.

The importance of so constructing cars in wardly for that purpose.

located; and itfurther consists in ceras will be more fully de! which live stock is transported that such stock can be watered and fed without being removed fromvthe` same, is well known; and this invention has for its object the providing of means for that purpose which shall be available at any time during the journey. In constructing `cars for the attachment ot' ,my improvements, I use a frame-work of the 1ordinary construction, it consisting of a jsill, A,

a plate, A1, andsuch vertical posts, A2 A2,*as

may be required togive. the desired `perinanency to the structure, the only change rewhen it is `desired to enlarge the 't'eed1;eservoirs,the widthy of the posts A2 be increased, so -as to give more space between the sheathing upon their outer and inner sides. (/lhe' .food-reservoirs. above referred yto iare formed by securing tothe out-- er and inner surfaces of .the posts A2 A2 boards or plates of met-al, of the required thickness, which .are made to'extend from `the topotthe car downward as far as it may .be desirable `to by 4:sectional-h-inged partitions, which may .be made of wood or metal, 4and `so arranged as to divide the vertical spaces between the posts into two or more compartments, so that in `filling them the hinged bottom ot' the lower one may be placed in the! position shown Vat B,'Fig. 3,when, by turning the other or others into a vertical position the foodc'an be inserted through the swinging door C,at ythe upper portion of the car, which opens o ut- When thelower reservoir B has been tilled, `as above in-,dicated, the swin gin g partition above it is dropped down to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3,and the reservoir B1 is filled, andso on'through the series, however many there may-be.'V -v rlhe swinging parti-tions between thereservoirs B B1 B? are provided with shafts or pivots D, which extend outward beyond the end ot' the car., as lshown in-Fig. l, in order that when .the food is to bel discharged into the watering or feeding trough, they v.may be turned into a vertical positiou,las shown-.in

dotted lines in Fig. 3, by means of alevfer or wrench applied to their outer ends, which will permit the food to fall into said trough, and, by leaving this partition in itsopen po- "be emptied therefrom `pose Imake the doors L L' sition, the food from the next in the series of reservoirs can be allowed to fall into the trough, and so on, at such intervals as may found desirable, till all are emptied. Immediately below the reservoirs above described there is placed a trough, E, or, more proper ly speaking, a series of troughs, E E E, which, by preference, are made of metal, but which may be made of wood, they being 0fsuch length as to cause them to pass between the posts A2 A2 of the frame of the ear, so that when they are placed in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, they will receive and retain the food or water for the stock, but so that when it is desireable to empty thein` of the lrefuse of the food, or of any water that may remain inthem, they may be turned into the position shown in Fig. 5. Y

In order that the troughs E E E may be` supplied with water in the shortest possible space of time when the train has arrived at the proper watering-place, a pipe, F, is placed upon the inner surfaces of the posts A2 A2, or upon the inner surface of the car, which pipe is held in position by being secured in proper bearin gs, so that it may be partially rotated, and thus cause the troughs, which are attached to it, and are carried upon it, to be brought into a position to receive the water or food-and retain the same; or so that it may by partially rotating said pipe by means of a handle, F1, which is 'attached to the outer `end thereof, or by any other suitable means. The pipeF and, throughA it, the troughs are supplied with water through a vertical pipe, G, which has upon its upper end a funnel, G', for securing. the saine while its lower end communicates with the horizon-p, tal pipe F, which in turn communicates with the different sections of the troughs through perforated diaphragms H, and through apertures in said pipe and in the trough. f

`Itwill be understood that there are a series ot' food-reservoirs and of troughs upon each 4 side ofthe car, and that said reservoirs and troughs extend from the ends of the car to the doors, Whlch, upon one side thereof, are near one end, and upon the opposite side are near `the other 5 an arrangement which not only fa'` cilitates the loading of the stock, but enables? each animalto get access to the food and water in the troughs without shifting its position with reference to the other animals.

To prevent the food from being wasted when the animals are-feeding, a guard, I, is placed upon the posts A2 A2 in such place that when the troughs are in the position shown in Fig.

-3 it will be parallel with their upper edges,

and thus prevent said food from being forced out'l of the troughs by the animals.

The interior sheathing of the food-reservoir is shown at R R', it being broken away for the purpose ofshowin gtheswin ging partitions. In cars ot' this character it is desirable that every possible facility should be afforded for loading and unloading stock, and for that purin sections, the

and swings vertically. in order that it may serve as a platform upon or over which the animals )ass in entering and leaving the ear;

and ast ese are upon each side of the ear and near the opposite ends thereof', it follows that very little time will be lost in loading or unloading the same. The sheathing below thetroughs is upon the outside of thecar, and is put on in strips in order that proper ventilation may be had; and, to facilitate the same, apertures may Sections of' the doors.

I have confined the descriptiony of the car thus far to a single deck, but the improvements are equally applicable to a donbledeek car, or to one having two floors upon which animals are carried, such aconstructionbein g shown in Fig. 2'ofthe drawings.

In applying these improvements to cars now in use it is only necessary to change the sheathing, so-as to t'orin the Ifood-receptacles, and add the swinging partitions and the troughs and pipes, a change which is easily eiected, and at small cost. One of the-advantages due to this method of constructing cars consists in the fact that persons shipping their own stock are provided with the means of transporting their food without extra cost,

and others can fill the reservoirs before the starting ofthe train, and thus save both time and expense, as such food can usually be purchased'eheaper at the points where cattle are; shipped than it can in the larger towns on the road to the great markets.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat` ent is y i 1,; A car for the transportation of live stock, having food-receptacles formed wholly within the vertical walls thereof, said receptacles be? ing divided into compartments arranged one above the other, substantially as and for the purposeset forth. y

' 2. The combination, in a car for the transportation of livestock, of a series of food-receptacles, which are located Wholly within the vertical walls thereof', and are arranged one above the other, and a trough or troughs for the reception of food and water, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a car for Athe transportation of live stock, the combination of two seriesV of foodreceptacles arranged one above the other, and located in theA sides thereof, and troughs, into which the food from both of' the series of receptacles can be deposited, substantially as and i'or the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I ailix my signature in 'presence of two witnesses.

JNO. R. MGPHERSON. Witnesses:

` C. M.'GoNNELL, E. A. BULLEY.

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